[Gimp-user] colour to black and white

[norman]

> Oops, I just realized that what you describe may be attributed to the  
> fact that GIMP will display a dark gray/light gray checkerboard to  
> indicate transparent regions. Perhaps you have created your lithograph  
> correctly but misinterpreted this representation of transparency.

So, that's what it is. I presume this will go away at some time or
other.
> 
> You might try creating a new white layer and placing it at the bottom  
> of the layerstack to show the regions where your image is transparent.

What a good idea, I will certainly try to do this bearing in mind that a
lot of this terminology is relatively new to me.

Norman